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PRACTICE TEST 2
ARGOPREP.COM/GRE
QUANTITATIVE REASONING
SECTION 3
8.
Find the length of
AB
.
10.
Given right triangle
ABC
find the slope o seg ents
A
AB
and
BC
.
8
15
A
B
C
2
A 11.3
_
B
B 2 30
_
3
C 23
_
D 2 46
_
C
E
2 26
9.
Find the distance between the point (–4,5)
and the intersection of the lines 2
y
x
= 0 and A 2
_3 and
_
2
3
x
+ 5
y
= 44 .
_
B 2
___
___
_ and
___
_
A 3 10
6
6
_
_
5
B 145
C 2
___
_ and
____
_
5
2
_
C 13
_
_
7
D
___
_ and
___
D 2 10
7
3
_
E
10
E The slopes cannot be determined from the
information given.
11.
Given a cube with sides of length
x
, what is the
increase in volume if the length of each side is
increased by 2 units?
A 8
B
x
3
C 6
x
2
x
+ 8
D 3
x
2 + 12
x
E
6
x
2 + 12
x
+ 8
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QUANTITA
TITLE
TIVE REASONING
SUB
SEC TITLE
TION 3
12.
Given points
A
B
and
C
hat
15.
is the distance from the midpoint of
AB
to Point
C
?
A
B
A 31
B 14
_
r
s
C 5
D 13
_
E 13
13.
The square of the sum of two numbers is 289. The
product of the two numbers is 66. What is the sum
D
C
of the squares of the two numbers? Enter your
answer in the text box below.
n the figure abo e the chord
s
is length 6 and
the circle has a radius of 7. The radius intersecting
BC
does so at a right angle. Find the area of the rectangle
ABCD
. Enter your answer in the text box below rounded to the nearest whole
number.
14.
A boat sails at 15 MPH for two hours on a course
of 30°. It then swings to port (left) 30° and sails
at 4 MPH for two more hours. It now swings 120°
to port and sails two more hours at 15 MPH. How
far is the boat from the starting point? Enter your
Use the graph below to answers questions 16
answer in decimal form to the nearest hundredth
and
. elect one ans er unless other ise
in the box provided.
indicated.
Average Annual Salary of Electrical Engineers
$290,000
$280,000
$270,000
$260,000
$250,000
Avg Salary
$240,000
$230,000
$220,000
$210,000
$200,000
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
16.
What was the approximate percentage decrease in average annual
salary from 2011 to 2012?
A 14.3%
B 15.2%
C 50%
D 25%
E 18.5%
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ARGOPREP.COM/GRE
QUANTITA
TITLE
TIVE REASONING
SUB
SEC TITLE
TION 3
17.
What was the average salary in 2015 if it was 10%
20.
The equation for a circle can be written (
x
–
a
)2 +
greater than the median salary for the previous
(
y
–
b
)2 =
r
2 where (
a
,
b
) is the center of the circle fi e ears
and
r
is the radius.
A $253,000
What is the center point of the circle
B $264,000
y
+ 4
C $275,000
=
15
–
x
– 2 ?
x
– 4
(
x
– 4)(
y –
2)
y
– 2
D $286,000
E $308,000
A (4, 4)
B (2, 2)
C (2, 4)
18.
Three circles of the radius 1 are positioned so D (3, 1)
that any two circles contact each other at exactly
E (1, 3)
one point. What is the area enclosed by the three
circles?
_
A p – 3
B 2 – p6
p
C 2_
D
3 – p2
E p2_3
19.
What is the greatest possible area for a right triangle with a hypotenuse
of 5?
A 3.536
B 6.000
C 6.125
D 6.250
E There is not enough information to determine
the answer.
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VERBAL REASONING
20 QUESTIONS
SECTION 4
30 MINUTES
For questions 1 to 6, you are to choose one answer for
4.
The long-tail boat cruised down the Mekong
each blank from the corresponding column of choices.
River as the passengers aboard enjoyed the (i)
scenery. The boat ride was
1.
Myron could not shake his intense
the first ii
they had had since
over the situation, issuing apology after apology in
participating in the (iii)
week’s
the days that followed.
ood clean up acti ities.
A disquietude
Blank i
Blank ii
B wanderlust
C compunction
A picturesque
D preclusion
D prelude
B tumultuous
E respite
E filibuster
C ornate
F cacophony
Blank iii
2.
The young socialite had spoken in a(n) G baleful
(i)
tone when discussing fashion
H melancholy
trends over dinner, yet he (ii)
I reprieved
himself before a visiting designer the next day.
Blank i
Blank ii
5.
While active euthanasia (i)
A frenzied
D prostrated
much media attention, other issues in nursing
B imperious
E absconded
homes (ii)
themselves on the
C impervious
F complemented
public only when an ethically charged case
(iii)
state or national law.
Blank i
Blank ii
3.
Climate change often evokes heated debates.
Few can deny, however, that areas once lush
A de ects
D ingratiate
and (i)
are now becoming
B garners
E interpolate
(ii)
, uninhabitable and fallow.
C impinges
F pique
Blank i
Blank ii
Blank iii
A fecund
D diaphanous
G improvises
B puerile
E barren
H deposes
C besmirched
F bombastic
I impugns
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ARGOPREP.COM/GRE
VERBAL REASONING
SECTION 4
6.
The notion that all religions of the world can unite
Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following passage.
under one force is far-fetched. Yet the widespread
Select one answer unless otherwise indicated.
adoption of certain religious (i)
could change the world for the better. For example,
The Yogi practices exercises by which he attains control
Buddhist ideas of non-violence could not only be
of his body, and is enabled to send to any organ or
(ii)
to all religions but could also
part an increased o o ital orce or prana thereb
serve as a means of (iii)
military
strengthening and invigorating the part, or organ. He
tensions.
5 no s all that his estern scientific brother no s 5
about the physiological effect of correct breathing, but
Blank i
Blank ii
he also knows that the air contains more than oxygen
and hydrogen and nitrogen, and that something more
A ideologies
D inane
is accomplished than the mere oxygenating of the
B exegesis
E germane
10 blood. e no s so ething about prana o hich 10
C platitudes
F irrelevant
his western brother is ignorant, and he is fully aware of
the nature and manner of handling that great principle
Blank iii
of energy, and is fully informed as to its effect upon the
human body and mind. He knows that by rhythmical
G assuaging
15 breathing one may bring himself into harmonious 15
H oscillating
vibration with nature, and aid in the unfoldment of his
I osculating
latent powers. He knows that by controlled breathing
he may not only cure disease in himself and others,
but also practically do away with fear and worry and
20 the baser emotions.
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